This study describes the organization of the primary Sandinista counterinsurgency organizations, the tactics they employed against the Contras, and the influence of many factors in the development of these organizations and their tactical doctrine....
In July 1979, the Sandinista-led revolutionary junta pledged to the people of Nicaragua and the Organization of American States that it would fully respect human rights. The Sandinistas have systematically violated this pledge, trampling on the...
"Nicaragua charges that, since at least 1982, the United States has used force against Nicaragua in the form of assistance to Nicaraguans fighting against the Sandinista regime. Any such actions, Nicaragua argues, are illegal and improper since...
This study investigates the aspects and nature of unconventional warfare operations from pre-Cold War, Cold War, and post-Cold War environments. The case studies examined are: unconventional warfare operations in the Philippines (World War II),...
This monograph discusses the Army's Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) doctrine and how it applies to Liberation Theology. Both Operation Urgent Fury and Just Cause demonstrated the potential for conventional combat forces to be thrust into a LIC...
Las fuerzas de defensa del continente americano y de la defensa interna. Coronel de Infantería Ivan W. Rosas, Ejército Brasilero; Existe gran controversia sobre la actuación de las FF.AA. en la seguridad interna de sus respectivos países....
Nicaragua de la guerra a la paz. General (R) Joaquín Cuadra Lacayo, Ejército Nacional de Nicaragua; ¿Cómo transitó Nicaragua del Poder Dictatorial al Poder Revolucionario y de éste al Poder Institucional Democrático? Las lecciones negativas...
French Algeria and British Northern Ireland: Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in Low-Intensity Conflict. Lieutenant Colonel James D. Campbell, Maine Army National Guard; During the late 1950s, after a ruthless counterterrorism campaign in Algeria,...
Between the years of 1980 – 1992, civil war raged in El Salvador between the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a Marxist revolutionary movement, and the government of El Salvador (GoES). This monograph answers the following...
This monograph studies the use of aircraft in insurgency. It compares airpower and insurgency theories, looks at the historical use of aircraft in insurgency, and considers four recent examples of insurgents or separatists attempting to apply...
Nicarágua: da guerra à paz. General (Res) Joaquín Cuadra Lacayo, Exército Nacional da Nicarágua; Como foi feita a transição do Poder Ditatorial para o Poder Revolucionário e deste para o Poder Institucional Democrático na Nicarágua? As...
Desde el año 2001 hasta el presente se han asignado los artículos en nuestro índice anual a la materia o materias más adecuadas sin vincularlos con la materia o materias de los años anteriores. Debido al hecho de que aun no hemos actualizado...
As the year 2000 begins, the disintegration of Colombia in a situation of violence, political unrest, and economic upheaval is a very real threat to the national interests of the United States. It is critical that Washington’s concern for failed...
This study is a historical analysis of variables that affected Guatemalan decision makers concerning their relations with the United States, during the period 1970 to 1985. Each variable is examined, based on the current body of literature, to...
This monograph analyzes the emphasis of assault helicopter doctrine and training programs on preparing units for conducting peacetime and crisis contingency operations in low intensity conflict. As fast and efficient transportation and logistical...
This paper seeks to examine the changing nature of war and the environment in which it is fought. The fact that America is not applauding its successes at the physical level of war in waging the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and does not perceive the...
Ahora que nos vamos de Irak, ¿qué aprendimos? Coronel Graig A. Collier, Ejército de EUA; El 19 de agosto de 2010, la última unidad de combate -- 4a Brigada Stryker de la 2a División de Infantería -- salió de Irak cuando la Operación Iraqi...